After reading literally hundreds of replies on the longevity of the C50, here and on the internet, I decided to offer up my 2012 C50 as a guinea pig and test the longevity of the engine, transmission and final drive using Lucas products exclusively. Right now I'm just under 6,000 miles after 16 months of ownership. Bought "Jumbo Shrimp" new in April 2013. After the Dealership did the first service I started using Lucas synthetic 20w-50 MC oil on the 2nd service, but switched to Lucas semi-synthetic 10w-40 MC oil this last time - thought it would be better on a low mileage engine. May switch back to the 20w-50 in the future. Changing out the differential oil with Lucas 80w-90 gear lube tomorrow. Again, I may switch to a full synthetic 75w-90 in the future if I think it is necessary. I will also use 1 ounce of Lucas Fuel treatment/Upper cylinder lubricant at every fuel fill up. Seems like a UOA should be done on a regular interval, just to check the progress. Probably every 8,000 -10,000 miles. Not sure if other Volusia and C50 owners have used Lucas MC oils and gear lubes for long periods of time and have posted their experiences, but based on all the negative comments I have read on the internet against Lucas being "AMERICA'S FINEST MOTOR OIL" ...I really doubt it gets used very often.
So that's basically the plan - I decided to put my money where *****' mouth is and see how things go. I'm ready to break some records.
So that's basically the plan - I decided to put my money where *****' mouth is and see how things go. I'm ready to break some records.